Cigar holder



Feb. 12', 1924. 1,433,503 A. F. BOREIKO CIGAR HOLDER Filed Oct. 18. 1921" AZZ Z'IZ l. Borai/o.

- INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Feb. 12, 1924.

ALBIN r.'nonnrxo, or roLEno, 'oHio.

Glenn HOLDER.

A plication filed October 18, 1921.. Serial No. 508,476. c

To aZZ whom c'z? may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBIN F. BOREIKO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends the provision of a cigar holder equipped with means for effectively holding the oigar'positioned within the holder, or where it can be released therefrom as the occasion requires.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a cigar holder equipped with a longitudinally movable pin which is utilized to penetrate one end of the cigar to provide the necessary opening therein,

which may be also utilized to assist in ejecting the cigar from the holder when necessary, means being provided to hold the pin immovable when not in use.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, the

invention residing in the construction, cornbination, and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this application, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the holder of the invention forming the subject matter of the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the holder showing the combined penetrating and ejecting pin in normal position.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the pin extended.

Figure 4: is an end view showing the re silient clamping retaining element in contracted position.

Figure 5 is asimilar view showing this element in expanded position.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on line 66 of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary side elevation of the holder.

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on line 8-8 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 10 indicates the cigar holder which may be constructed from any suitable material,

one end of the holder being suitably flared or i tapered to accommodate the cigar in the usual wellknown manner. The holder 10 is preferably hollow and receives a barrel 11 which terminates at one end of the flared portion, the opposite end of the barrel propose of rotating the barrel within the holder 10 as the occasion requires- The barrel 11 is longitudinally slotted as at 15, and operating in this slot, is the offset extremity 16 of a pin 17 the latter being arranged centrally of the barrel 11 and susceptible of longitudinal sliding movement. One end of the slot communicates with a notch 18 to permit the barrel 11 to be rotated independently of the pin 17 and when rotated in pin is received by the notch 18 and the pin is thus held immovably associated with the barrel. I b

Surrounding the forward extremityof the holder 10 is a resilient clamping element 19 susceptible of 1 expansion and contraction, and formed with a plurality of inwardly extended spurs 20 which grip the cigar to hold it properly positioned within the holder 10. The clamping element is normally contracted for this purpose, but can be very easily expanded to permit the cigar butt to be released from the holder as the occasion requires.

The member 19 has its extremities overlapped as clearly illustrated in Figure 8, one extremity being slotted as at 21 to receive the other extremity asillustrated. Both extremities of the member are offset and arranged in parallelism as at 22, so that when these extremities are grasped and brought together, the member 19 is expanded to facilitate the removal of a cigar from the holder or the insertion of a cigar within the holder. It is of course understood that when the extremities 22 are released, the member 19 through its own inherent resiliency contracts to grip the cigar. The member 19 is pivoted upon one end of the holder 10 as at 23, the member being held operatively associated with the member 10 by means of a spring pressed latch element 24 clearly illustrated in Figure 7. This element 24 has an offset extremity 25 which engages the front this direction, the ofiset extremity 16 of said a of the member 19 to hold the latter in "its active position as shown in Figure 5.

In practice, the clamping element is first expanded to permit the cigar to be positioned within the holder 10, after which the clamping element is allowed to contract to takehold of the cigar and retain it in its proper position within the holder 10; 'The barrel 11' is .then rotated until the slot thereof is brought into alinement with the offset extremity 16 of the pin 17, which allows the pin to be moved longitudinally of the barrel in the direction of the cigar, thereby penetrating one end of the latter. The pin is then returned to its normal position, and the barrel rotated in a reversed direction until the ofi'set extremity 16 of the pin is received by the slot 18. This of course prohibits any longitudinal movement of the pin with respect to the barrel or the body 10 of the holder while the latter is being used. When it is desired to eject the cigar from the holder, the pin 17 is moved in the manner above described longitudinally of the holder after the clamping element 19 has been expanded. The body 10 of the holder is'provided with a longitudinal slot which of course is adapted to register with the slot in the barrel 11 when it is desired to move the pin in the manner above described, this slot being indicated at 22 which is normally closed by means of a removable strip 23.

While it is believed that from the foregoing description the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown and described, and that such changes maybe resorted-to when desired as fall Within the scope of what is claimed.

WVhat I claim is 1..In. combination, a cigar holder and a resilient annulus surrounding one end of the holder and susceptible of expansion and contraction for the purpose specified, and a plurality of inwardly directed spurs formed on said clamping member.

2. A cigar holder comprising a hollow body portion, a resilient annulus surrounding said body portion adjacent one end and designed for holding the cigar associated with the holder, a pin movable longitudinally of the holder for the purposes specified, and means for holding said pin immovable in one position.

3. A cigar holder comprising a hollow body portion, means surrounding one end of the cigar and designed to engage the cigar and hold the latter positioned in the holder, a barrel rotatably fitted in said body portion, a pin movable longitudinally of the barrel and associated therewith, and means for holding the pin immovable incident to the rotation of the barrel in one direction.

4. In combination, a cigar holder, a split annulus surrounding one end of the holder, and susceptible of being contracted and expanded for the purpose specified, an annular series of inwardly directed teeth forming part of the annulus, said annulus being pivoted upon the holder for outward swinging movement and a catch supported by the holder and designed to maintain the annulus in its operative position about the holder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. ALBIN F. BOREIKO. 

